Gallery 0 Resultados Reset All Close COP12 Asia & Oceania Regional Meeting. Ramsar Secretary General Christopher Briggs handing in the certificate for the newly designated Ramsar Site of the International Importance in Vietnam Ramsar Secretary General Christopher Briggs opened his address to the Committee with these words: “Wetlands are the source of sustainable development, they are the key to delivering sustainable goals” Over one hundred delegates participated in the 49th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC49) to finalize details one day before the official opening of the conference. Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention speaking at the COP12 Opening Ceremony Africa regional meeting. Deputy Secretary General of the Ramsar Secretariat, Ania Grobicki, greeting the delegate from Madagascar Liva Ramiandrarivo. Uruguay's stand at COP12 in Punta del Este Delegates from Africa at the meeting for the African region. Europe regional meetings. Delegate, Jan Kadlecik, Slovakia. A delegate from Africa at the COP12 welcome reception. Americas regional meetings. Inger Andersen, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) speaking at the COP12 Opening Ceremony Asia regional meetings. Europe regional meetings. A signing ceremony of the new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Ramsar Secretariat and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards. Ramsar Secretariat Senior Advisor for Africa, Paul Ouédraogo and Award Winner, Jean-Christophe Henry Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards took place at the Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este, Uruguay Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards. Ramsar Secretariat Head of Communications, Camilla Chalmers and Award Winner Giselle Hazzan COP12 delegates in the plenary room Ramsar Award Winners 2015 with Dr. Christopher Briggs, Secretary General Ramsar Convention and Mario Vazquez Gaytan, Director General SALUS Danone The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use presented to Giselle Hazzan, Ein Afek Nature Reserve (EANR), Israel A signing ceremony of the new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Ramsar Secretariat and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use presented to Giselle Hazzan, Ein Afek Nature Reserve (EANR), Israel The Ramsar Convention Award for Young Wetlands Champions presented to Jorge Emmanuel Escobar Moreno, Fundación Humedales Bogota, Colombia Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention presenting the Ramsar Convention Secretariat report The Ramsar Convention Award for Merit presented to William Mitsch, Director, Everglades Wetland Research Park, USA